Will He or Wont He?

MORE JACKO SPECULATION

There's been more speculation that the upcoming Michael Jackson residency at The O2 is turning into a shambles. Following last week's announcement that the first four dates of the residency will be postponed, three of them into 2010, one of those sources has told the Daily Mail that the official reason for the delay - that more time was needed to make the ambitious spectacle of a show that has been planned a reality - isn't true. The problem, they claim, is Jackson himself, who is consistently failing to show up at rehearsals.

But not everyone is predicting doom and gloom for the Jacko comeback. 50 Cent, presumably asked by a passing reporter what he thought about the postponed Jacko dates (he was speaking at the Cannes Film Festival), said that he reckoned the delays in starting The O2 residency were just the result of Jackson's characteristic perfectionism, something he'd be willing to forgive because of Jacko's legacy.

Fiddy told reporters: "Michael Jackson is such a perfectionist, you know? He is the King Of Pop. Until someone tops 'Thriller' he's going to have that, and the odds are it ain't gonna happen no time soon".